Lycopodium venustulum var. venustulum
Hairtip clubmoss
Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss family)
Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe; on Oʻahu, present only near the summit of Kaʻala in the Waiʻanae Mountains and probably absent from the Koʻolau Mountains)*
Photo: Kaʻala, Oʻahu
Closer view of strobili (spikes or cones)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/9108757811/in/photostream/
Etymology
The generic name Lycopodiella is derived from the Greek lycos, "wolf," and podos "foot," referring to it's likeness to a wolves foot.
The specific epithet venustus is Latin for lovely, beautiful, charming, + -ulus, a diminutive suffix.
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* "Hawaiʻi's Ferns and Fern Allies" Daniel D. Palmer, 2003
Lycopodium venustulum var. venustulum
Hairtip clubmoss
Lycopodiaceae (Club-moss family)
Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe; on Oʻahu, present only near the summit of Kaʻala in the Waiʻanae Mountains and probably absent from the Koʻolau Mountains)*
Photo: Kaʻala, Oʻahu
Closer view of strobili (spikes or cones)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/9108757811/in/photostream/
Etymology
The generic name Lycopodiella is derived from the Greek lycos, "wolf," and podos "foot," referring to it's likeness to a wolves foot.
The specific epithet venustus is Latin for lovely, beautiful, charming, + -ulus, a diminutive suffix.
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* "Hawaiʻi's Ferns and Fern Allies" Daniel D. Palmer, 2003